It seems this vacation was never going to offer a reliable internet connection. After getting to an internet connection I said I would resume blogging, but then reality happened. It seems my Mac just didn't want to work for more than a minute or two, even over a ethernet connection. I'm back home with ...
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Blogging On the Road … Or That Was the Plan!
Best laid plans eh? I figured I had this mobile blogging thing sussed. With my trusty MacBook and PDA combo I am good for network, wifi, bluetooth, 3G/GPRS/UMTS. I didn't count on rural Manitoba.Lesson learned, when someone tells you there will be internet access double and triple check. I couldn't even get cell ...
Goals Meme
I am a sucker for memes, one day I will have to say "enough is enough" and just stop responding to them :) But not today, I was tagged with Gotta Get Goals In a new post, write about the top 5 to 10 goals that you "gotta get" so that you ...
MORE Problems With FeedBurner
Seems FeedBurner have had some problems with my feed for the last couple of days. Wednesday shows 1,422 subscribers, Thursday that drops to 982, but Friday has 1,089.Digging into the stats it looks like the first drop was because email subscribers were not counted. Friday appears to be Google under reporting by 320 ...
SquidOffers: First Look Review
SquidOffers is the new advertising system over at Squidoo; . Here is the scoop from The Mighty Godin (long may he reign): So we invented SquidOffers, which I hope will work for us, and which I fully expect will show up in other places soon. The idea is to combine the voting mechanism of Reddit ...
Commentful Firefox Comment Tracking Tool Review
Commentful is a web service and Firefox plugin that helps you keep track of blog comment conversations. I have been using it for the last few days and it seems to work pretty well.Commentful is a service that watches comments/follow-ups on Blog posts, Digg submissions, Flickr pictures, and many other types of content. When ...
Do Your Readers Think You Are Ignoring Them?
Some people actually do ignore their readers. It amazes me how many blogs leave comments unanswered. But sometimes you can ignore your readers unintentionally as Brian found out. Read his post "My Contact Form Has Been Broken For Months".A timely reminder to test your contact form and ensure any contact details you ...
Killer Flagship Content Review Roundup 4
Another week, another Killer Flagship Content ebook review roundup!Don CampbellThere are no cheap tricks here, only guidelines on creating quality content that your readers want and need.Nathan Briggsthe first time I've seen all the information in one cohesive well presented package. Definitely a useful file to have on your hard-drive
Reader Appreciation
I thought I would just take a moment to thank my top commenters. Thanks for all your contributions, it is very much appreciated :) Bes Zain Dawud Miracle Marc Chase Andrew Ferguson John Liz Strauss ...
Blog Fight
Terry has added a fun feature to his blog - Blog Fight!Now you can have your own blog fight between A-List Bloglebrities and the like, using this nifty Technorati-powered tool below.Of course I am only happy because my blog won its bout ;)
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